141 Not Totally Not Fun (Num 24)

Rainy afternoons at work are not totally not fun.
I started to think they were bad.
Dullish perhaps.
But then, I think I changed my mind.
I can't rememeber.
This morning started fine.
Cloudy. Yet not cold.
And not as warm as yesterday.
It started raining just before lunch.
Then stopped,
It started again about an hour before finish time.
I could concentrate better.
I got a heap done.
Everyone seemed a bit more relaxed.
I think.
I may have to reassess my opinions.
But I think rain and cooler than warm, but warmer than cool temperatures, work for me.
Too warm = a bit oppressive.
Too cool = all productivity goes into keeping warm.
Maybe.
Today anyway, it felt ok.
As far as I recall anyway.

Numbers 24
Ok, so Balaam has done away with any showmanship this time and gets straight to the point with Balak.
For the third time, he blesses Israel.
Quite eloquently in fact.
And then he lays the facts out to Balak.
Maybe he's getting tired of the same request over and over and over.
Balak gets angry at the refusal to curse.
"How angry?" I hear you ask.
So angry he smites his hands together.
Oo-er.
That's angry.
Better watch out.
I wonder if that's angrier than a foot stamp.
Or a fiesty glare.
Or a rude word.

The ending is quick.
Balak goes home.
Balaam goes home.
Israel get lost going home.
Heh heh.
See what I did there?

Sometimes it takes a while for us to realise that even when God hears our requests, He may not agree with them.
He certainly won't cower to them.
He will do what He wills as He wills when He wills.
Moses could get Him to change His mind.
Balaam could not.
Moses requests echoed God's original plans and promises.
Balaam's was on the basis of a scared prince and was the opposite of God's plan.
Where do our requests to Him really fit?
And do we feel like smiting our hands when it doesn't work our way?
Probably not the best way to deal with it.